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♂ Hector J. Pothier
aliasHector J. Pothier
Record
50346 · 10471

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 26 September 1891 → 132 years + 7 months ago
Lived 85 years + 3 months
First mandate 8 October 1963 → 60 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 72 years
Death 7 January 1977 → 47 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 7 months after 29 May 1967
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 3 7 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Benoit Comeau  m 
 
 
Eligible: 4,852 Votes: 4,147 Participation: 85.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18398(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
72
PC
 1/2 2,154 52.61% +214 Loser:
LIB
 1,940 47.39% Joseph C. LeBlanc

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,924 Votes: 4,259 Participation: 86.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14243(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
75
PC
 2/2 1,841 43.57% -543 Winner:
LIB
 2,384 56.43% Benoit Comeau

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Pothier, Hector Joseph (p. 188)		 16 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Hector J. Pothier		 16 Oct 2023

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